This is a badge bit (
BB) that is part of the
PEP curriculum. Completing this BB is part of getting the
wood badge in
Foraging.
For this BB, you will forage garden 1 mile of trail side!
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To complete this BB, the minimum requirements are:
- 1 mile of trail side forage
gardening
- 1 living plant per 10 feet of trail on average (more than 500 plants total)
- Within 20 feet of the trail
- At least six different species
- Can be roadside, for rarely used dirt roads
- The mile can be spread out between multiple stretches of trail
- Harvest 1000 calories each from six different species (can be from existing plants along the mile)
- Harvest at least 10,000 calories total (can go towards the forage 200,000 calorie BB)
To document your completion of the BB, provide proof of the following:
-
Video of trail when introducing seed balls or planting, and a general idea of what edibles were there to start
- Video of trail for several harvests and showing what plants made it
- Show at least 100 fruit
trees at least four inches tall
- Show the weight of food harvested and describe the calories each represents
Clarifications:
- Apples from a neighbor don’t count here.
- Apples from a homestead that has been abandoned for at least five years does count.
- Apples oddly growing in a place where there has never been any cultivation counts too (probably a discarded
apple core
led to the tree).
- Apples that are the result of guerilla
gardening do count.